Yearly Archives: 2017

Families of the Sutherland Springs Shooting Victims to Receive Help with Funeral Expenses

Families of the Sutherland Springs Shooting Victims to Receive Help with Funeral Expenses

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS  (WBAP/KLIF News) – The families of the victims in the mass shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs will receive state-run funding and private donations to ease the burden of the funeral expenses. The Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund set up through the Texas Attorney General’s Office will allow for each family to…MORE

Texas church gunman checked each aisle, shot babies at point blank range

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The gunman who killed 26 people at a small-town Texas church went aisle to aisle looking for victims and shot crying babies at point-blank range, a couple who survived the attack said. Rosanne Solis and Joaquin Ramirez were sitting near the entrance to the First Baptist Church on Sunday when…MORE

Former JAG Attorney Gives Insight into Process

Former JAG Attorney Gives Insight into Process

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Late yesterday, the Pentagon announced they made a mistake in the court martial of the suspected South Texas shooter. They failed to report his 2012 convictions for assault. That would have kept him from being able to legally purchase a gun. Former JAG officer and defense attorney Brian Bouffard stopped by the morning show to…MORE

All Clear Given After TCU Students were Ordered to Shelter in Place

All Clear Given After TCU Students were Ordered to Shelter in Place

Update at 1:00pm: Law enforcement and the university gave an all clear after an investigation into a road rage incident near the campus that prompted the shelter order. Classes were allowed to resume at 12:00pm. Fort Worth police believe the road rage incident involved two campus “Road runner” shuttle bus drivers. Police say one driver…MORE

Texas Authorities:  “We Won’t Mention Shooter’s Name Again.”

Texas Authorities: “We Won’t Mention Shooter’s Name Again.”

Sutherland Springs (AP) – The shooter’s name was missing from a news conference on the killings at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and authorities there say it will stay that way. The Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI said at the Monday briefing that while they have released the name, they’ll refrain…MORE

Dallas Man Travels to DC Intent on Killing All White Police

Dallas Man Travels to DC Intent on Killing All White Police

Washington D.C.(WBAP/KLIF) – The Secret Service arrested a Dallas man after he reportedly traveled to the Washington, DC with the intent to kill white police officers. Agents arrested 37-year old Michael Arega yesterday on Pennsylvania Avenue, not too far from the White House lawn. Arega made his threat via a Facebook post that he was…MORE

Texans Head to the Polls for Election Day

Texans Head to the Polls for Election Day

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Voters go to the polls across the state Tuesday to settle a number of issues. There are 11 issues facing Dallas voters — the most widely publicized being the proposal to abolish Dallas County Schools, which is a company that operates buses for Dallas County school districts. It has been plagued…MORE

Which massacre crimes are terrorism and which are not?

(CNN) A man in a rented pickup truck mows down people on a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center. Eight people are killed, and the attack is almost immediately called an act of terror. A man armed with a rifle storms into a Texas church during Sunday morning service and starts firing. More…MORE

Air Force Will Review How Shooter’s Criminal Record was Handled

Air Force Will Review How Shooter’s Criminal Record was Handled

(CNN) — The Air Force has launched a review of how the Service handled the criminal records the man responsible for a mass shooting at a South Texas church following his 2012 domestic violence conviction, according to Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek. Former Airman Devin P. Kelley was convicted by a general court-martial on two charges of…MORE

Cruz Celebrates ‘Bravery and Courage’ of Citizen who Shot Back at Attacker

(AP) – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz says that the “bravery and courage” of a citizen who shot back at the gunman in the Texas church attack should be celebrated. The Republican senator from Texas spoke after talking to law enforcement officials and visiting the church in Sutherland Springs where Devin Kelley killed 26 people and…MORE